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Shannon Carter’s Story
16 milestones • 25 entries
1972
1978
1983
1988
1993
1998
2003
2008
NOW
I was born!
16 months ago
March 15, 1972 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA Carteret General Hospital, Morehead City, NC
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Birth of a Brother
16 months ago
March 25, 1974 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA My brother Joseph P. Carter was born.
Tagged in this entry: Joseph Carter
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Birth of a Brother Part II
16 months ago
August 4, 1976 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA My baby brother Anthony D. Carter entered the world.
Tagged in this entry: Cash Carter
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Welcome, Baby Sister!
16 months ago
November 28, 1982 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA My baby sister Amanda was born. She was thisclose to being named Pia.
Tagged in this entry: Amanda Ackerson
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Basic Training
16 months ago
October 12, 1990 • Fort Dix, Bldg 3452, Fort Dix, NJ 08640, USA 2nd Platoon (MUSTANGS!) Charlie Company, 2/26 Infantry. Lots of tears. Segregation and synced cycles. Push-ups. Goose shit. Push-ups. Fraternization. Bitter cold. Push-ups. Cake and CS gas. Push-ups. A day chatting with the males across the street. Push-ups. Embezzlement. Push-ups. Pissing my pants. Losing most of my hand-to-hand fights (but still being the smartest soldier in the battalion). Push-ups.
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Language School
16 months ago
January 20, 1991 • Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA 93944, USA I went to the Defense Language Institute--Foreign Language Center to learn Korean. Still rather rubbish at it.
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Analysis School
16 months ago
January 13, 1992 • Goodfellow AFB, TX 76908, USA I remember at the time the location wasn't exactly diverse, and the Rodney King riots happened, so it was not exactly comfortable for me. I was rather immature and naive as well, which didn't help with the...politics (meaning that some of the instructors seemingly did not personally like me).
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Tactical Analysis School
16 months ago
July 15, 1992 Fort Devens, MA. Still the Only Black Student and every thing that entailed. Had a little bit of emotional growth but not much. Had a semi-decent relationship with a guy named Vincent. I was at my skinniest then, and could eat a whole cheesecake and Van-o-Lunch cookies (cause we did a lot of running and marching over a mile to/fro class).
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First Duty Station
16 months ago
September 22, 1992 Fort Lewis, WA. Good location. Hated the unit, particularly my squad leader, first platoon sergeant, and first company commander. Had some extremely influential friends, and I'll just leave it at that.
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Team Spirit!
16 months ago
February 14, 1993 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Went to Korea for the first time as part of the last Team Spirit multi-force exercise. It was quite an eventful month. I had my first alcoholic drink there a month before my 21st birthday.
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Korea--My First Tour
16 months ago
August 25, 1993 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea It was pretty good. Except for PLDC, but that's not supposed to be good (and I managed to alienate everyone. EVERYONE). However, I befriended a combat engineer out of that named Todd Pennington.
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Sergeant Carter!
17 months ago
December 10, 1995 • Fort Bragg, NC, USA I entered the time-honored tradition of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps--"the Backbone of the Army."
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Second Tour of Korea
16 months ago
September 25, 1996 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Oddly, I can't remember much of this second tour. I think I had to stand in front of the Old Man for something.
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The Golden Years
17 months ago
September 20, 1997 • Fort George G. Meade, Laurel, MD 20724, USA I'd say the best times of my Army career--and my life.
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Korea--Last Tour
17 months ago
September 25, 1999 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea I got promoted to Staff Sergeant there, ran a platoon, and almost lost my mind with all the jobs they gave me there.
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When has your life taken an unpredictable turn?
16 months ago
October 24, 2001
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Fort Hood, TX, USA
My assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division. That's where my career went to die. Despite all of the nice people I worked for/with and it was a good unit, I was the most unhappy. It was right after 9/11, so the whole country took an unexpected turn. My relationship ended via answering machine. One of my friends ate his gun. I got fat, too. I also became a diabetic in a large way. My first opportunity to be directly involved in a major conflict, and I couldn't go.
Yet I'm a member of the 1st Cavalry Division Association. Go figure.
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Diabetes
16 months ago
December 28, 2002 • Harford Memorial Hospital, 501 S Union Ave, Havre de Grace, MD 21078-3493, USA I was diagnosed in a big way--ended up in the hospital for diabetic ketoacidosis. My blood sugar was at 1300mg/dL
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Farewell Dinner
16 months ago
July 13, 2003 • Killeen, TX, USA It was at this Chinese buffet restaurant whose name I can't remember--and the whole damned battalion (and Sandor Maroszan) showed up. I was floored. And honored to serve with them. It was hard to say goodbye, especially when they were preparing to go to Iraq.
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Birthday in Edinburgh
17 months ago
March 15, 2004 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK I fell in love with a city, walked the Royal Mile. I was happy.
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Rupert enters the Family
17 months ago
March 18, 2011 • Baltimore, MD, USA I adopted a shy but very sweet Beagle from the Maryland SPCA. Rather, Rupert adopted me.
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